The deceased died age 100 years leaving a Will. The next-of-kin (daughter, only surviving child) has been left a small fixed monetary legacy. There are two Executors. One is an lady in her eighties. The other is a retired Solicitor, who also held Power of Attorney for the deceased and administered her financial affairs for many years. He is a significant residuary beneficiary of the Estate. Probate has been granted and the estate is now being distributed. The Executors will only pass the minimum information to the family, each of whom has been left a small monetary legacy. A copy of the Will was obtained with difficulty and the size of the Estate, £500,000 was only discovered from instigating a search.
2007-12-10 08:03:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
They are screwing you. Report them. You have a legal right to a full accounting of all assets and their distribution.
2007-12-10 08:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most certainly the beneficiaries have the right to examine the accounts of the estate. This happened to me when I was left a small legacy, I questioned the accounts knowing a little of my Aunt's finances. The solicitor had been charging the most amazing fees for his 'services'. Find a solicitor in a different town from the executor and check there is no conflict of interest. If you are in doubt as to which solicitor to choose you can ask the Law Society or CAB for advice. Don't give up. Good luck.
2007-12-10 08:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by translatorinspain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If probate has been granted, the will is public property so ANYONE can see it.
There is no reason why the Execs shouldn't let you see the estate accounts, unless they haven't complied with their instructions.
If you've seen the will, you know whether they have complied.
Any beneficiary is entitled to see the Estate accounts.
2007-12-10 08:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by Do not trust low score answerers 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Print off all emails, get the lawyer to furnish you his information, then examine them out with the regulation Society or its equivalent whereever you're, then telephone the enterprise on the landline and be certain the life of your touch and that the touch has the comparable suggestion in guy or woman as that they had on-line. Then discover out the place they found out your surname, after which how they chanced on your digital mail - not an common project to do, and an extremely unusual way for a bona fide regulation corporation to make touch with every physique. next, wait till they ask you to your finished names, handle and private suggestion which includes your social protection form/ PPS form/ notwithstanding your equivalent of those are, and your banking suggestion (and you realize they're going to ask for this information finally). Then, with all your study finished, you could take notwithstanding action you deem needed. you could know it is shady and an entire con job. recall the outdated sayings "each and every little thing that glitters isn't gold" and "If curiously too stable to be genuine, it probable is"... be cautious!
2016-12-31 05:38:38 · answer #4 · answered by treacy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone mentioned in the will have a right to see it. Yes, the daughter does have the right to see the accounts.
2007-12-10 08:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! See the citizens advice beureau for further help.
2007-12-10 08:07:26 · answer #6 · answered by Daisyhill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋